Escape input chars to be shown in html. - Android android.text

Android examples for android.text:Html

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Description

Escape input chars to be shown in html.

Demo Code

import android.content.res.Resources;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main{

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     * 
     * @param input
     * @return
     */
    public static String escapeHtml(String input) {
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
        int pos = 0;
        int len = input.length();
        while (pos < len) {
            int codePoint = Character.codePointAt(input, pos);
            if (codePoint == '"')
                builder.append("&quot;");
            else if (codePoint == '&')
                builder.append("&amp;");
            else if (codePoint == '<')
                builder.append("&lt;");
            else if (codePoint == '>')
                builder.append("&gt;");
            else if (codePoint == '\n')
                builder.append("<br />");
            else if (codePoint >= 0 && codePoint < 160)
                builder.append(Character.toChars(codePoint));
            else
                builder.append("&#").append(codePoint).append(';');
            pos += Character.charCount(codePoint);
        }
        return builder.toString();
    }

}

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